UK Policing News

THERE is an ongoing piracy crackdown that sees police officers knocking on doors across the UK, and that's not the only risk to those who watch paid-for content without paying. https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1478963/Police-Visit-Homes-Of-People-Streaming-Sky-TV-For-Free-Piracy-Crackdown-Premier-League-UK Police have better things to do dealing with crime then wasting there time doing this ,it is down to the TV people to enforce this not the police.😟

A police officer who travelled at speeds up to 110mph on an emergency call before crashing into another car has been convicted of causing death by careless driving. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9905821/Police-officer-convicted-death-dangerous-driving-killing-father-110mph-speeds.html

Six people have died in a shooting incident in Plymouth this evening, police have confirmed. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/plymouth-shooting-live-city-mourns-as-child-among-six-dead-in-keyham-street-attack/ar-AANgPr0?ocid=msedgntp

A 20-YEAR-OLD is in critical condition in hospital after being shot in East London, with a second man also injured. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1478907/London-shooting-news-east-London-met-police-Upton-Park-Newham-emergency

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58206586 A proposed code of practice covering police use of live facial recognition in England and Wales has been criticised by human rights groups. The problem I've always had with facial recognition is that peoples faces are stored on the database and checked even if there are not, at the time, grounds to suspect them of any sort of crime. In my view that is like searching someones pockets without any kind of grounds. In this respect the covid regs have been somewhat beneficial. While masks themselves don't really protect you from facial recognition, if you have a mask and sunglasses that will generally defeat it…

A newly promoted policeman has been kicked out of the force for drunkenly abusing female paramedics - on a night out celebrating becoming an officer. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9900743/Drunk-disorderly-police-officer-dismissed-Hampshire-Police-abusing-paramedics.html Being abusive to paramedics and now you have lost your job as a full time police officer stupid man.😟

POLICE have rushed to a row of shops in Liverpool after a series of gunshots were heard by witnesses. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1477848/Liverpool-shooting-news-emergency-police-latest-appeal-Longview-Shops-Hillside-Road

A Royal Mail worker who stole bank cards and PIN numbers from private letters at a sorting office has been jailed for 22 months. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/royal-mail-postman-stole-bank-cards-from-private-letters-to-go-on-shopping-spree/ar-AANpF1v?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

Four people are in hospital after being shot in what is being described as a 'drive-by' attack in London. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9895023/Armed-police-race-Camden-10pm-drive-gang-gun-four-people.html

This is the dramatic moment armed police offered a fake suicide bomber threatening to blow up a police station a cigarette before tackling him to the ground. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9886351/Dramatic-moment-armed-cops-offer-CIGARETTE-fake-suicide-bomber-swoop-arrest-him.html

An experienced detective forged a series of signatures on a statement given by a key witness in a murder investigation, a court heard today. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9877285/Hampshire-Police-constable-forged-witness-signatures-murder-investigation-court-hears.html

A Muslim police officer hailed as a role model for bravely confronting anti-lockdown protesters was facing an urgent investigation last night after it was revealed she tweeted a torrent of racist messages and was in regular contact with a suspected female jihadi in Syria. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9872649/Muslim-policewoman-hailed-hero-confronting-anti-lockdown-protesters-tweeted-racist-messages.html

TWO boys, both aged 14, have been arrested after a 45-year-old man was stabbed to death, according to the Metropolitan Police. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1475806/james-markham-latest-news-arrests-two-boys-14-met-police-east-london-ont

Stephen Green, who was a sergeant with West Mercia Police, had previously admitted a single charge of stalking involving serious alarm or distress, ahead of his sentencing at Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Court on Friday. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/police-sergeant-who-stalked-ex-lover-in-act-of-twisted-vengeance-spared-jail/ar-AANi8Zt?ocid=msedgntp

West Mercia Police have launched an investigation into the deaths, which are currently being treated as "unexplained". The force tweeted: "Earlier today we attended an address in Cairndhu Drive in Kidderminster following concerns for the welfare of a man and young child. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1476572/Kidderminster-police-officer-child-dead-Worcestershire-West-Mercia-Police-latest-update